Fighting Caravans 1931  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Blazing Arrows
Director: Otto Brower, David Burton
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler, Eugene Pallette, Roy Stewart, May Boley, James A. Marcus, Eve Southern, Charles Winninger, Frank Campeau
After young scout Clint (Gary Cooper) avoids jail for troublemaking by talking Felice (Lily Damita) into pretending to be his wife, Clint and Felice head west on a wagon train. As an apprentice scout working for seasoned scouts Bill and Jim (Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall), all goes well for Clint until Bill and Jim are killed during an Indian raid orchestrated by gunrunner Lee (Fred Kohler). Now it's up to Clint to get things back on track.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Wallace Worsley
Cast: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Kate Lester, Nigel De Brulier, Brandon Hurst, Raymond Hatton, Winifred Bryson, Harry von Meter, Nick De Ruiz, Roy Laidlaw, Ray Myers, Eulalie Jensen
Lon Chaney achieved stardom in this film as Notre Dame Cathedral bell ringer Quasimodo. Hunchbacked and friendless, he is crowned King of the Fools at a festival where gypsy Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller) is entertaining the crowd as a diversion while her adopted father Clopin (Ernest Torrence) plots to overthrow the aristocracy. Notre Dame archdeacon Dom Claude (Nigel De Brulier) orders Quasimodo to kidnap Esmeralda, but the kidnapping plot fails, and Quasimodo is flogged. Esmeralda brings Quasimodo water, and later, when she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues her and takes her to safety in the church. He falls in love with Esmeralda, but their union is not to be, and when he sees Esmeralda with her true love Phoebus (Norman Kerry), Quasimodo takes his own life.
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I Cover the Waterfront 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh, Maurice Black, Purnell Pratt, Harry Beresford, George Humbert, Wilfred Lucas, Rosita Marstini, Lee Phelps, Al Hill
While covering waterfront stories, reporter Joe Miller (Ben Lyon) zeroes in on fishing captain Eli Kirk (Ernest Torrence) who Joe believes is involved in a smuggling operation. But, after meeting and falling in love with Eli's daughter, Julie (Claudette Colbert), Joe must deal with conflicting loyalties.
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The King of Kings 1927  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: H.B. Warner, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Jacqueline Logan, William Boyd, Dorothy Comming, James Neill, Joseph Striker, Robert Edeson, Sidney D'Albrook, David Imboden, Charles Belcher, Clayton Packard, Robert Ellsworth
Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic film tells the story of Christ. The story begins with glamorous courtesan Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan), who is upset with Judas (Joseph Schildkraut) and goes to Jesus (H.B. Warner) and repents her sins. The story then continues through Jesus' life, betrayal, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Of interest is that the "Resurrection" scene is filmed in two-color Technicolor. This film was remade in 1961.
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Sherlock Holmes 1932  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Clive Brook, Ernest Torrence, Reginald Owen, Miriam Jordan, Herbert Mundin, Howard Leeds, Alan Mowbray, C. Montague Shaw, Lucien Prival, Stanley Fields
Set in 1930s' England, Sherlock Holmes (Clive Brook) has finally brought his nemesis, Moriarty (Ernest Torrence), to justice as the master criminal is sentenced to death. From the dock, Moriarty warns all that the prosecutor, the Scotland Yard investigator, and Sherlock Holmes will hang before he does. Holmes heads for retirement and the country with his bride-to-be. Then comes word of Moriarty's escape and the murder of the prosecutor.
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Sporting Blood 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Brabin
Cast: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody, Marie Prevost, Harry Holman, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Larkin, Hallam Cooley, Eugene Jackson
This is the story of a horse that is rescued after being mishandled. With proper training, it shows its championship form and wins the Kentucky Derby.
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Reisner
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron, Joe Keaton
Buster Keaton is in fine form in this fun flick about a son (Keaton) coming home to Dad, Steamboat Bill (Ernest Torrence), who owns a rundown steamboat. The town's banker (Tom McGuire) owns a new, luxury steamboat and is attempting to force Bill out of business. Meanwhile, Bill Jr. likes the banker's daughter Kitty (Marion Byron), which is not satisfactory with the dastardly banker. The stunts are good, and the final cyclone scene is a classic.
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The Unholy Night 1929 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Boris Karloff, Natalie Moorhead, Sidney Jarvis, Polly Moran, Sojin
Veterans of a British regiment, who had served in India, are being systematically murdered. Now, they try to figure out who is the murderer before more killings occur.
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| 1. Fighting Caravans (1931)
aka: Blazing Arrows
2. The Great Lover (1931)
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
4. I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
5. The King of Kings (1927)
6. Sherlock Holmes (1932)
7. Sporting Blood (1931)
8. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
9. The Unholy Night (1929)
10. Untamed (1929)
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